How to fix httpcomponents library in Android Studio

I had a project in eclipse which uses httpcomponents. The jars used in eclipse did not work in Android studio and I am using compileSdkVersion 23 with buildToolsVersion '23.0.2'. I have tried out several solutions and wasted 3 hours figuring out how import the httpcomponents libraries.

To avoid wasting your time, here is how I fixed the issue:

Changes in Module specific build.gradle i.e. /app/build.gradle Add following under android {...}

useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
packagingOptions {
 exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
 exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
 exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
 exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
 exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
}

Add following under dependencies {..}

compile ('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.3'){
 exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient'
}
compile ('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.1'){
 exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient'
}
compile 'commons-io:commons-io:1.3.2'

In Top level build.gradle - /build.gradle add the following by replacing earlier statement:

buildscript {
    ...
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.3.1'
    }
}

Now gradle sync your project and its done.